List of plants that are extinct in the wild
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As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 45 Extinct in the Wild plant species.[1] Approximately 0.068% of all evaluated plant species are listed as extinct in the wild. The IUCN also lists one plant subspecies as extinct in the wild.
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- Extinct in the wild (EW): 45 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 5,702 species
- Endangered (EN): 10,901 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 9,673 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 4,160 species
- Least concern (LC): 30,554 species
- Data deficient (DD): 5,371 species
Plant species (IUCN, 2023-1)
- 66,406 extant species have been evaluated
- 61,035 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
- 34,588 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
- 26,276 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
- 174 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 129 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
- 45 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 569 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 48 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
- excludes data deficient evaluations.
This is a complete list of extinct in the wild plant species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. All are vascular plants (tracheophytes).